This is what the KCM looks like with my plasma-phone-components patch applied: https://i.imgur.com/JtJ2VZ3.png
I suggest polishing it with that use-case then see if we need to work on it in an entirely different way over the 5.23 timespan. Aleix On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 6:33 PM Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> wrote: > > There have been persistent calls--both in the VDG as well as by users-- > for the Global Theme/LNF system to become better at the "feel" side, as > you put it (I like that!). I've still got > https://phabricator.kde.org/D24223 open, which was about the feel side > of the equation, and I still don't think it would be a bad idea to do. > > If we don't want to make Global Themes too much about the "feel" side, > then I think we need to create a new "Desktop Layout" KCM that's all > about the feels. Then we could put this sort of thing you're thinking of > in there--as well as what I was proposing in > https://phabricator.kde.org/D24223. > > Nate > > > On 8/31/21 10:27 AM, Aleix Pol wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was looking at why we're not getting the phone shell listed along > > our different look and feels, I realised it's because the plasma phone > > shell doesn't have any defaults at the moment. You'll think "What? No > > specific phone settings?". > > This is because we have a separate repository that installs those in > > system-wide. > > https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/plasma-phone-settings > > > > Most of these settings (especially those in /etc/xdg/) would be > > possible to specify as defaults. > > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-phone-components/-/merge_requests/183 > > > > A problem to do that straight out is that at the moment we're > > specifying each setting separately rather than taking them at bulk, > > trusting the lnf. > > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/blob/master/kcms/lookandfeel/kcm.cpp#L354 > > > > This works, provided we enable the different settings that we need, > > like this, doing it for every single configuration option could be > > tedious and error-prone: > > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1029 > > > > Now, is this something that we would like to entertain? I'd say it's a > > good way to configure a system to use a certain Plasma experience (be > > it Plasma Phone, Big Screen, etc). On the other hand, it also might > > dilute the current use of the look and feel kcm which is more about > > Look and less about Feel. > > > > What do you think? > > Aleix > >